Dalvin Byron's paintings originate where waking life bleeds into dreams —where the noise of the world refuses to fade. The work is concerned with sensation and instinct rather than direct narrative or explanation. Each canvas explores interior states shaped by personal identity, memory, and a search for meaning in an unpredictable world. Rather than using dreams as an escape from modern life, the paintings treat them as an honest reflection of it: intense, shifting, and loaded with personal history.
Dalvin currently lives and works in Newton, Massachusetts, where he teaches drawing and painting classes for middle and high school students. His commitment to art education extends beyond the studio: he previously taught in Baltimore, Maryland, where he led a team of high school students through a summer mural and public art program, bringing creative work into shared community spaces. He received his BFA from Messiah University in 2016. He is represented by Fountain Street Gallery.
"Diadem", Contemporary, Black, Shattered Wine Glass, Oil Painting
By Dalvin Byron
Located in Franklin, MA
Dalvin Byron’s “Diadem” is a 24 x 24 inch oil painting on wood panel. It marks a departure from the straightforward glass studies into the current “dream journal” series. Mostly, bla...
Oil, Wood Panel
"Aperture", Contemporary, Blue Glass Vase, Lily, Grey, Oil Painting
By Dalvin Byron
Located in Franklin, MA
Dalvin Byron’s “Aperture” is a 36 x 24 x 2 inch oil painting on wood panel. It is from the glass series that preceded his “dream journal” paintings. A transparent blue vase stands in...
Oil, Wood Panel
$3,000
"Unforgotten", Expressionist, Night Scene, Dark, Sunset, Orange, Oil Painting
By Dalvin Byron
Located in Franklin, MA
Dalvin Byron's "Unforgotten" is an expressionist oil painting on a 10 x 20 inch canvas. This ethereal night scene features the blurred, glowing orbs of streetlights dissolved along a...
Canvas, Oil
"Begotten", Surrealist, Dark, Eyes, Wine Glasses, Tree, Water, Oil Painting
By Dalvin Byron
Located in Franklin, MA
Dalvin Byron's "Begotten" is a 40 x 30 inch painting on canvas. A being with multiple vigilant eyes hovers luminously against stormy skies, its arterial branches spreading upward lik...
Canvas, Oil
"Millions", Contemporary, Skull, Bone, Plastic Bag, Black, Oil Painting
By Dalvin Byron
Located in Franklin, MA
Dalvin Byron’s “Millions” is a 24 x 30 x 1.5 inch oil painting on canvas. It presents a stark and haunting image: a human skull encased in a sheer plastic bag, suspended in a black v...
Oil, Canvas
"Untitled 1", Expressionist, Abstract, Green, Yellow, Blue, Oil Painting
By Dalvin Byron
Located in Franklin, MA
Dalvin Byron's "Untitled 1" is a 9 x 12 inch oil painting on canvas and is built from desaturated violet and cool blue-grays, with soft warm tan shapes dissolving quietly into a hazy...
Canvas, Oil
"Genesis", Surrealist, Contemporary, Arched Doorway, Cosmic, Oil Painting
By Dalvin Byron
Located in Franklin, MA
Dalvin Byron’s “Genesis” is a surrealist 48 x 36 x 2 inch oil painting on canvas. A striking arched doorway frames a cosmic eclipse radiating silvery light. Above, a prismatic glass ...
Canvas, Oil
$3,000
"Folie à Deux", Contemporary, Mannequin, Barbed Wire, Black, Red, Oil Painting
By Dalvin Byron
Located in Franklin, MA
Dalvin Byron’s “Folie à Deux” is a 36 x 36 x 2 inch oil painting on canvas. The image portrays two mannequin heads tightly bound together with barbed wire, their smooth, featureless ...
Canvas, Oil
$3,600
H 22 in W 28 in
Surrealist Oil Painting Circus Horse Scene Lionel Kalish Fantasy Scene New York
Located in Surfside, FL
Lionel Kalish (American B.1931) Hand signed lower right Oil on canvas Titled: "The Arrival" Dimensions: (Frame) H 22" x W 28" (Sight) H 25.5" x W 19.75" Modernist circus scene depicting nude people...
Canvas, Oil
$3,450
H 48 in W 24 in
"Summer Sunrise" - Contemporary Acrylic Barn Painting on Canvas
By Justin Wheatley
Located in Denver, CO
Justin Wheatley was born and raised in Clinton, Utah. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Utah State University with an emphasis in drawing and painting, and a Masters of Arts fro...
Canvas, Oil
$4,451
H 9.85 in W 9.85 in D 1.97 in
Anemones in Enamel Can - 21st Century Contemporary Still-Life Painting
By Ingrid Smuling
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
This still-life is painted by Dutch Painter Ingrid Smuling. The now 77-year-old artist is still most in her element when she is painting in her beautiful studio in the middle of The...
Oil, Wood Panel
$2,000
H 15 in W 18.5 in D 2 in
Black Cat (Monotype Collage and Oil Painting of Feline Silhouette on wood Panel)
By David Konigsberg
Located in Hudson, NY
Collaged monotype still-life silhouette of a cat. David Konigsberg Black Cat, 2023 15" x 18.5" monotype, collage and oil on panel This contemporary still-li...
Oil, Wood Panel, Monotype
Lily pond
By Elena Lukina
Located in Zofingen, AG
In crafting this tranquil scene, I've poured my soul into the serene play of light and reflections, seeking to capture the pond’s subtle dance of water and lily pads. My use of oils ...
Canvas, Oil
$2,853
H 19.3 in W 16.15 in D 1.97 in
Home- 21st Century Contemporary Dutch Flower Still-life Painting with Roses
By Keimpe van der Kooi
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Keimpe van der Kooi Home 49 x 41 cm Framed: 54x 46 cm ( This frame is included) Oil on wood panel This Painting is made by Dutch Artist Keimpe van der Kooi. He likes to paint still...
Oil, Wood Panel
$2,625
H 15.75 in W 16.15 in D 1.97 in
Ranunculus- 21st Century Contemporary Dutch Flower Still-life Painting
By Keimpe van der Kooi
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Keimpe van der Kooi Ranunculus 40x 41 cm Framed: 45x 46cm ( This frame is included) Oil on wood panel This Painting is made by Dutch Artist Keimpe van der Kooi. He likes to paint s...
Oil, Wood Panel
$5,500
H 24.25 in W 32.125 in D 4.5 in
The Mysteries of Life, Surrealist, Outsider Art Oil Painting
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Jaro Hess (Czech/American, 1889-1979) Signed: Jaro Hess '66 (Lower, Right) " The Mysteries of Life ", 1966 (titled by provenance) Oil on Canvas laid on Masonite 18" x 26" Housed...
Canvas, Masonite, Oil
$7,989
H 19.69 in W 31.5 in
Still-life with Skull, 21st Century Contemporary Classical Still-life Painting
By Ksenya Istomina
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Still-life with skull 50 x 80 cm Oil on wood panel Framed (included 62 x 92 cm Ksenya Istomina graduated in 2018 at the 'Imperial Academy of Arts in St Petersburg'. Since her sta...
Oil, Wood Panel
$5,592
H 31.5 in W 26.78 in D 1.97 in
Blue with flowers- 21st Century Contemporary Dutch Flower Still-life Painting
By Keimpe van der Kooi
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Keimpe van der Kooi Green with flowers 80 x 68 cm Framed: 110 x 73 cm ( This frame is included) Oil on wood panel This Painting is made by Dutch Artist Keimpe van der Kooi. He like...
Oil, Wood Panel
$750
H 8 in W 11 in D 0.2 in
Roses, Flowers, Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork
By Aibek Begalin
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Aibek Begalin Work: Original acrylic on paper cardboard, handmade artwork Medium: Acrylic on Paper Cardboard Year: 2022 Style: Realism Subject: Roses Size: 11" x 8" inch, 28 ...
Canvas, Oil
$1,100
H 20 in W 20 in D 2 in
Working without a Net Oil On Canvas Female Character Starry Moonlight REDUCED
By Jeanie Tomanek
Located in Houston, TX
Reduced from $1450. Working without a Net 20" x 20" oil Dogs sometimes accompany the pale bald “Everywoman” protagonist on her journeys that often take place beneath a starry moonl...
Canvas, Oil
$7,500
H 57.49 in W 44.89 in
Window to the Light: Expressionist Oil Painting on Canvas
By Evelyne Ballestra
Located in Miami, FL
Evelyne Ballestra's work with signs, symbols and esoteric spirituality reflects her passion for the ancient past and represents a symbolic return to the ground from which we emerged. Her work creates a commentary about “beginnings” and the transmission of signs and emotions through visual elements evoking a spiritual essence to our scientific notion of etymology. After studying under Rolf Dürig, Ballestra began her flower...
Canvas, Oil
$1,000
H 12 in W 16 in
ShaoHua Nong Surrealist Original Oil On Canvas "Light And Shade"
By Shaohua Nong
Located in New York, NY
Title: Light And Shade Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 12 x 16 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Note: This painting ...
Canvas, Oil
$45,000
H 76 in W 96 in D 1.5 in
"A Place Where Love Goes to Die" Massive Expressionist Oil Painting, Nude Women
Located in Carmel, CA
Rizaldy Celi Jr. (American, Filipino-Vietnamese, born 1983) "A Place Where Love Goes to Die" 2025 Oil paint and varnish on canvas, stretcher bars The artist signed the back of the pa...
Varnish, Canvas, Stretcher Bars, Oil
Sold
H 20 in W 20 in D 1.5 in
"Postlude", Contemporary, Architectural, Arch, Abandonment, Oil Painting, 2024
By Dalvin Byron
Located in Franklin, MA
Dalvin Byron’s “Postlude” is a 20 x 20 x 1.5 inch oil painting on canvas. The image presents an arched architectural space that appears both realistic and dreamlike. The muted color ...
Canvas, Oil
"Untitled", oil painting, rubber duck, toy, black, yellow, red
By Dalvin Byron
Located in Franklin, MA
Dalvin Byron's "Untitled" is a 12 x 12 inch oil painting in his ongoing "dream journal" series. A child's rubber duck toy is suspended in a primarily black...
Oil, Canvas